Mattress-roll former and filler.



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W. R. PHILLIPS.

MATTRESS ROLL FORMER AND FILLER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12, I916.

Patented J une 26, 1917.

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WALTER R. PHILLIPS, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

MATTRESS-ROLL FORMER AND FILLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1917.

Application filed June 12, 1916. Serial No. 103,165.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER R. PHILLIPS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Mattress- Roll Formers and Fillers, of which the following is a specification. Y

My invention relates to improvements in mattress roll formers and fillers.

The object of my invention is to provide mechanism of novel construction by means of which a roll of filling material, such as cotton, may be easily and quickly formed, and with which the roll so formed may be readily inserted in a tubular casing provided therefor in the ticking of a mattress.

Another object of my invention is to provide a roll former which may be easily and quickly withdrawn from the tubular casing of the mattress, while leaving the roll of filling material which has been formed therein within the casing.

Other novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates the preferred embodiment of my 1nvention,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my imroved roll former and filler, the parts of which are shown detached from each other.

Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view of a portion of my improved apparatus, showing the roll forming tube in elevation, with the top closure removed, parts being broken away.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the roll former and filler, assembled and ready for use.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross section on the 7 line 4-4 of Fig. '3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged elevation of one end of one of the filler tube members.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged central vertical sectional view of the lower portion of the roll former and filler.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the difierent views.

The body of the filler tube comprises a longitudinally divided cylindrical tube comprising two semi-cylindrical members 1 and 2 longitudinally slidable one on the other and having at one set of ends reduced shouldered portions 3 adapted to be slidablyembraced by a bullet-shaped cap 4, the outer periphery of which is preferably flush in the outer periphery of the body portion of the divided tube. The outer endof the cap 4 may be provided with a screw-threaded projection 5 adapted for cooperation with other mechanism which does not form a part of this invention.

The end of the member 1 opposite that having the shouldered portion 3 is provided with a right-angled slot 6, the offset portion of which extends laterally and is designated by 7, Fig. 2.

The corresponding end of the member 2 is provided with a similar right-angled slot 8 having a lateral off-set portion 9, Figs. 1 and 5.

The olf-set portions 7 and 9 are oppositely disposed and are adapted to consecutively receive respectively two inwardly eX- tending projections preferably comprising pins 10 and 11 provided in the cylindrical tubular portion 12 of the closure 13 which is adapted to be slid endwise on one end of the divided tube, so as to releasably hold the adjacent ends of the members 1 and 2 together.

Upon rotating the closure 13 in opposite directions, the pins 10 and 11 may be caused to consecutively enter the off-set portions 7 and 9 respectively of the slots 6 and 8, for the purpose hereinafter explained.

14 designates a support comprising preferably a tubular standard having at its lower end a base 15, Fig. 2, adapted to be secured to a floor.

The members 1 and 2 having mounted thereon the cap 4 is adapted to be mounted in'the standard 14 which supports the cap and the members 1 and 2 in position for the insertion of filling material, such as cotton, Fig. 2. When the members are so mounted the upper ends thereof will extend above the standard 14, by which they will be held together, so that the lower end of a funnel 16 may be mounted thereon.

Slidably mounted in a suitable support 17 is a vertical plunger 18 by means of which the filling material, which is placed in the 'funnel 16, may be'forced into the divided tube comprising the members 1 and 2.

When the tube has been filled with the cotton or other filling material, the funnel is removed and the tube partly withdrawn from the standard 14, at which time the closure 13 is mounted on the upper end of the tube, following which the tube may be wholly withdrawn from the standard 14.

The tube, filled with cotton or other filling material, may then be inserted in a suitable casing, not shown, formed in a mattress from the ticking thereof. The closure 13 is then rotated on the tube in a direction such that the pin 11, which is in the slot 8, will enter the lateral ofliset 9 of said slot. Upon now pulling on the closure 13, the cap at being held against movement, the member 2 may be withdrawn lengthwise from the cap I and out of the casing in which the tube was inserted. The closure 13 is then slipped onto the member 1 and turned so that the pin 10 will enter the offset 7 of the slot 6. If the cap 4 is now held, the memher 1 may be withdrawn therefrom and from the mattress casing by pulling on the closure 13. The roll of cotton or filling ma-' terial, which has been formed and held in the tube, will now be left deposited in the casing of the mattress.

The cap 4: may now be applied, as hereinbefore described, to the members 1 and 2 and the latter, with the cap, placed in the standard 14 preparatory to another filling operation to be carried out in the manner already described.

I do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described as modifications,

within the scope of the appended claims, may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is:

1. In a mattress roll former and filler, a longitudinally divided tube comprising two members adapted to receive filling material, a cap releasably embracing one end of said tube, and a closure for the other end of the tube arranged to hold said members together and having means for being consecutively interlocked with said members in a manner such that the latter may be consecutively withdrawn from said cap.

2. In a mattress roll former and filler, a longitudinally divided tube comprising two members adapted to receive filling material,

one set of ends being reduced in diameter. a

cap adapted to be slidably fitted on said longitudinally divided tube adapted to reset of ends, and a closure slidably mounted on the other set of ends and having means for being releasably interlocked with one of said members, whereby the latter maybe withdrawn from the cap.

3. In a mattress roll former and filler, a

longitudinally divided tube comprising two 3 members adapted to receive filling material, one end' of one of said members having a right-angled slot, a closure slidably and rotatably mounted on the end of the tube havmg said slot and provided with an inwardly extending projection adapted to slide into said slot and to enter the offset, portion I sitely disposed, a tubular closure adapted to embrace said end of the tube and provided with'two inwardly extending pins adapted to respectively enter said slots, when the closure is slid onto the tube, the closure be ing rotatable on said tube to two positions in which said pins will consecutively enter said off-sets when the closure is turned in opposite directions on the tube, and a cap releasably and slidably engaging the other end'of said tube;

5. In a mattress roll former and filler, a longitudinally divided tube adapted to receive filling material and comprising two members longitudinally slidable on each other, a cap embracing one end of said tube and slidable therefrom, and a tubular mem ber embracing the other end of said tube and slidable therefrom.

6. In a mattress roll former and filler, a longitudinally divided tube adapted to receive filling materialand comprising two 'members, a removable cap embracing one end of said tube, a funnel adapted to embrace the other end of said tube, and a reciprocative plunger arranged to force filling material from said funnel into said tube.

7. In a mattress roll former and filler, a longitudinally divided tube adapted to receive filling material and comprising two members, a removable cap embracing one end of said tube, a funnel adapted to embrace the other end of said tube, means for forcing filling material from said funnel into said tube, and a removable closure adapted to embrace said tube and to be substituted for said funnel.

8. In a mattress roll former and filler, a

ceive filling material and comprising two -members, a removable cap embracing one end of said tube, a support adapted to embrace the other end of said tube, a funnel funnel into said tube, and a removable closure for said other end of said tube adapted to be substituted for said funnel.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification- WALTER/R. PHILLIPS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents .each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

